Best PlacesHorseshoe Lake, AR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Horseshoe Lake, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Horseshoe Lake ranks 36,557th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Horseshoe Lake
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Horseshoe Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Horseshoe Lake ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$132,534 median, better than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
Where Horseshoe Lake ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute44.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Horseshoe Lake
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Horseshoe Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $132,534, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Horseshoe Lake's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Horseshoe Lake
Horseshoe Lake runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Horseshoe Lake.
Who works in Horseshoe Lake, and how
Work in Horseshoe Lake centers on transportation & warehousing and education. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Horseshoe Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Horseshoe Lake.
What the weather is like in Horseshoe Lake, month by month
Horseshoe Lake sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 41° | 34° |
| April | 73° | 62° | 53° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Horseshoe Lake
Memphis International sits about 21 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Horseshoe Lake
Schools across Horseshoe Lake average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Faulk Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Junior High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Rosa Fort High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Horseshoe Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Horseshoe Lake measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Horseshoe Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Horseshoe Lake
Is Horseshoe Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Horseshoe Lake ranks 36,557th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and fast internet, and lowest on civic engagement and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Horseshoe Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,900. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $132,534 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Horseshoe Lake safe?
Horseshoe Lake is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,209 per resident a year.
Compare Horseshoe Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Horseshoe Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Horseshoe Lake represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Horseshoe Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Horseshoe Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Horseshoe Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Horseshoe Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Horseshoe Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Horseshoe Lake detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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